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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8338976, member: 24314&quot;]If this was offered to me at a fair price or even below a fair price I would not buy it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Look on the edge of the coin.&nbsp; Many casts have an area where the medal is injected or a seam from the mold.&nbsp; This must be concealed, often leaving file marks.&nbsp; On better fakes the marks are hammered &quot;spooned&quot; out.&nbsp; Under magnification, most genuine ancients have fissures on their edge from striking.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Deceptive counterfeits have not been made by casting for many decades.&nbsp; The pimples you see may have been defects in the C/F die.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>PS The &quot;weight issue&quot; should never be put aside.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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